#fast feeling

It usually starts when I'm laying down. Then I'll start to hear noises auditory hallucinations that are loud or repetitive, or if there's already noise, those sounds will become really loud and slow down significantly. (Though I can still register noises in real time, they just become distorted.)

Then time begins to speed up suddenly. My eyes lose focus jumping from one thing to the next with rapid speed. My body movements may be at a normal speed, but they'll feel incredibly fast, too fast.

It's hard to talk during these episodes because my mind is racing and I feel like im talking too fast, but im not, so I end up talking slowly or I'll stutter over my words.

I know what's happening around me and I'm fully aware of my surroundings, but time is completely distorted for me during an episode.

They are rare, but often happen in quick succession when they do show up. Usually they bother me for a week before going away for months then returning. They happen at random, but have never happened when I was moving or driving. They only seem to happen when I'm laying down.

Its speculated that AIWS is a sub type of migraines, which I suffer from, or a symptom of circadian rhythm sleep disorders, which I also suffer from, but overall they aren't dangerous nor very well studied.

As a child I also would experience episodes in which the world felt like it was going too fast, except I was the only one who realized it. I would move my hand and it would feel too fast, or I’d walk into the other room and try to talk to my family. Voices would be distorted, and sometimes voices would trigger it. I would start to hear a male voice say negative things about me, in this specific aggressive manner. For years if I heard voices similar to it I would feel triggered by it. Sometimes there were whispers also. The episodes would feel impossible to stop and I would have to wait them out. Usually I would just forget about it or fall asleep and it would go away. Sometimes I would wake up with it.